USAID completely shuttered with 92% of grants terminated

| Importance: 6/10 | Status: confirmed

The Trump administration fired nearly all USAID employees by placing them on administrative leave, cutting the workforce from over 10,000 to 294 employees (97% reduction). The mass firing disrupted humanitarian programs globally and prompted lawsuits from the American Foreign Service Association. More than 1,000 USAID employees and contractors were fired or furloughed after the federal funding freeze.

Key Actors

USAID Trump Administration American Foreign Service Association State Department

Tags

agency-elimination foreign-aid government-restructuring workforce-reduction mass-layoffs humanitarian-crisis civil-service

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